Hidalgo County to hold second dose vaccine clinic in Mercedes
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Hidalgo County Precinct 1 will hold a second dose vaccine clinic in Mercedes on Tuesday, April 6.
The clinic is only for people who received the first dose of the Moderna vaccine on March 9 at the Mercedes Live Stock Show Grounds.
The clinic will take place Tuesday at the live stock show grounds located at 1000 N. Texas Ave. from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Officials ask residents to bring their photo ID and vaccination card. Pre-screening forms will be available on-site.
1,000 people receive COVID-19 vaccine in Weslaco
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A partnership between multiple entities in the mid-Valley allowed 1,000 people to receive their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Weslaco.
With the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services directing states to expand vaccine eligibility to those who work in primary, pre-primary and secondary schools, educators like Monte Alto ISD’s Iliana Gonzalez received her first vaccination Tuesday.
“I m super excited that I was able to get this vaccine. That means that I don t have to be in fear and I get to be one to one with the students,” Gonzalez – a behavioral special education teacher – said. “I have a little baby so my thing was always, okay I need to get vaccinated so me and my family can be protected.
Hidalgo County Precinct 1 will host a mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinic on Tuesday, March 9, at the Rio Grande Livestock Show Grounds located at 1000 North Texas Avenue in Mercedes.
Multiple agencies responding to fire at McAllen Composting Facility
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Multiple agencies responded to large piles of mulch on fire at the McAllen Composting Facility Sunday afternoon.
The McAllen Fire Department arrived at the scene - located near the intersection of Rooth Road and Monte Cristo Road - shortly before 12:30 p.m. Sunday where they encountered the piles of mulch on fire.
Assistant fire Chief Juan Gloria said there were multiple piles of mulch - some as high as 20 feet tall. The Edinburg Fire Department, The McAllen Public Works Department and Hidalgo County Precinct 4 arrived to provide assistance in fighting the blaze.
LIST: Free meal distributions in Hidalgo County
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Approximately 4,000 hot meals will be distributed Friday evening at eight locations throughout Hidalgo County, according to a news release from Hidalgo County Precinct 1 Commissioner David. Le Fuentes.
The meals will be served beginning at 5 p.m. Friday on a first-come, first-served basis.
“It’s been a rough week for everyone,” Fuentes said in a statement. This is an effort to alleviate some of the problems that people have experienced with no power, a shortage of available groceries and the ability to go out during the frigid weather because of this historic winter storm.